Editing Poppy (section)

===Wartime remembrance===
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[[Image:Lest we forget.jpg|thumb|A Canadian [[remembrance poppy]] worn on the lapel]]
The [[Remembrance poppy|poppy of wartime remembrance]] is ''[[Papaver rhoeas]]'', the red-flowered corn poppy. This poppy is a common [[Ruderal species|plant]] of [[disturbed ground]] in Europe and is found in many locations, including [[Flanders]], which is the setting of the famous poem "[[In Flanders Fields]]" by the Canadian surgeon and soldier [[John McCrae]]. In Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia, South Africa and New Zealand, artificial poppies (plastic in Canada, paper in the UK, Australia, South Africa, Malta and New Zealand) are worn to commemorate those who died in war. This form of commemoration is associated with [[Remembrance Day]], which falls on 11 November. In Canada, Australia and the UK, poppies are often worn from the beginning of November through to the 11th, or Remembrance Sunday if that falls on a later date. In New Zealand and Australia, soldiers are also commemorated on [[ANZAC day]] (25 April),<ref name="Seal2004">{{cite book |author=Graham Seal |title=Inventing Anzac: the digger and national mythology |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Z40eykeP_IMC&pg=PA105 |access-date=18 September 2010 |year=2004 |publisher=Univ. of Queensland Press |isbn=978-0-7022-3447-7 |pages=105–}}</ref> although the poppy is still commonly worn around Remembrance Day. Wearing of poppies has been a custom since 1924 in the United States.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.legion.org/troops/216371/legion-family-flower-remembrance |title=Legion Family flower of remembrance |website=The American Legion}}</ref> [[Moina Michael]] of Georgia is credited as the founder of the Memorial Poppy in the United States.<ref>{{cite web |title=Miss Moina Michael |url=http://www.cal-mum.com/poppy.htm#Moina |access-date=8 July 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161027152736/http://www.cal-mum.com/poppy.htm#Moina |archive-date=27 October 2016 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="BookInc2003">{{cite book |author1=World Book |author2=Inc |title=The World Book dictionary |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oPW_pTjpeCQC&pg=PA1622 |access-date=18 August 2010 |year=2003 |publisher=World Book.com |isbn=978-0-7166-0299-6 |pages=1622–}}</ref><ref name="United States of America Congressional Record">{{cite book |title=United States of America Congressional Record |date=13 February 2009 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DbK9zpJ1ipEC&pg=PA10121 |access-date=18 August 2010 |publisher=Government Printing Office |pages=10121– |isbn=9780160825637 |id=GGKEY:8F7NFQJ525R}}</ref>

Artificial poppies (called "Buddy Poppies") are used in the veterans' aid campaign by the [[Veterans of Foreign Wars]], which provides money to the veterans who assemble the poppies and various aid programs to veterans and their families.<ref name="vfw">{{cite web |url=http://www.vfw.org/index.cfm?fa=cmty.levelc&cid=127 |title=Veterans of Foreign Wars Buddy Poppy Website |website=vfw.org |access-date=29 July 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100807015526/http://www.vfw.org/index.cfm?fa=cmty.levelc&cid=127 |archive-date=7 August 2010 |url-status=dead}}</ref>